The Cure for a Slow-starting Spring?

After a successful showing at the Craig Gallery in November and a long winter's nap on my spare bedroom's walls, the characters from Altered Egos have now come out of hibernation to appear in the exhibition space at the
Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design.

Once numbering 22 works, the exhibition is compiled of the remaining 16 works
( 6 works found new homes while they were on view at the Craig--thank you to all of you who made that possible!) and I am thrilled to be able to have the opportunity to show them to my hometown crowd!

If you want a bit of comic relief from this long drawn out winter or to take in some colourful characters as opposed to looking at the snow that just won't go, head down to the Gallery at 322 Charlotte Street. Gallery hours are 10am - 4pm  Monday thru Friday and Saturdays 12 - 4pm.

"Boundless" by Teena Marie Fancey
vintage ephemera,acrylic, paper and handpainted embellishment on board
 4" x 5"

Lionhearted

I had a lot of fun working on this piece because I'd finally found the perfect opportunity to use some fur that I was gifted and I knew it was a piece that could be looked at or petted...should the viewer need to pet something.

Lionheart was inspired by my oldest daughter, who is a Leo and is brave and strong but has heart so big, it could crush this town. The Strength card in the Tarot deck also influenced this piece, noted by the lemniscate floating above the subject's head.

Lionheart can be seen at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth NS at Alderney Landing until day's end this Saturday, Nov. 30. Drop in and meet her and her 21 Altered Egos friends.

Lionheart by Teena Marie Fancey
8" x 10" mixed media painting
upcycled fur, vintage curtain pins, acrylics

She's A Believer

Promises, promises.

I posted a sneak peek of this piece last week. It's entitled Believer and is an
8"X 8"acrylic painting with vintage ephemera from a 1960's ladies magazine and some found bits and bobs added for embellishment. Note the glint in her eye, diamonds in the sky and the smooth look on his face. Why, you can see a big city skyline in that glass of champers! Drink UP!
 This is just 1 of 22 pieces you can see at Altered Egos, my exhibit at the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, NS. Show runs til Dec. 1st.

Oh, and this one...is SOLD!

 

Here is the BEFORE

 

 

 

 

And the AFTER

 

 

Believer by Teena Marie Fancey


AND some DETAIL

 

 

Can you hear me roar, "I'm almost done!"?

Just finished the last bit of studio-time before Altered Egos opens at the Craig. Spent the last 4 days in my studio hard at it. The village was very quiet...only the few full time residents and me. The wind howled and the cloud-cover made it feel like the end of the day almost all day and there was even a wee bit of hail mixed in with the rain.
(Oh November! You're breathing down our necks)
And there was nothing to distract me from my task.

So...just a bit of finish work to be done now and some planning for the installation of the show. Phew!

I leave you with this detail pic of one of the portraits I worked on this week. A little teaser. Up-cycled fur (thank you Shari!) and some vintage curtain pins turned out to be just the thing.

Meet "Lion Heart".

What Women Want

Chanteuse Mae West will tell you all about it.

 

And while you're listening...

 

What do you get when you take Mae West ...

Gibson Girl Camille Clifford

and the Mighty Goddess Aphrodite

and mix 'em with paint?

Why an Aphrodisiac, of course.

 

Aphrodisiac by Teena Marie Fancey
11"X14" mixed media on board, single pearl

Coming soon... 

to the Craig Gallery, that is

November 2013

 











Tin Man

"While you were on the run from one thing

Finding your way to another,

You found me sharp and in mid swing

And you asked, Will you come with me?

 

Well. That put me in motion and gladly, I dropped everything

Every little thing, save for my devotion ... "

Tin Man by Teena Marie Fancey
8"X10" mixed media on board
found metal, vintage ephemera, monopoly house

 

*To meet the Tin Man in person and to read more of his thoughts, visit the Craig Gallery in November 2013

 

 

 

Loose Lips Sink Ships

Cut out a vintage 1960's ad touting the benefits of feeding your children sugar, add inspiration from a WWII propaganda poster and some paint and what do you get?

Don't mess with Betty. She sports ink, knows how to keep a secret and holds a grudge.
She's sailing this fall to the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  to appear in Altered Egos and she's bringing her crew.
Stay tuned.

 

 

Loose Lips Sink Ships
6"X12" acrylic on board, vintage ephemera

 

On Target

Lots of time to be in the studio = productivity! I vowed to myself that I would complete 8 paintings this summer and I'm feeling like I may just make it. As always, I have a number of paintings in progress so I can jump from one to the other as the ideas and will come.
This little painting, "You Missed" makes for 3 down, and 5 to go.

You Missed by Teena Marie Fancey
8"X10" mixed media on board

 

 

Little Weed

Little Weed by Teena Marie Fancey
8"x8" mixed medium on board, Admiral Moth wings, dandelion seeds

New painting for my exhibit Altered Egos coming in NOV 2013 at the Craig Gallery, Dartmouth Nova Scotia

C'mon out! And Thanks to...

At last, the final showing of Redux, Redux will open at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  Redux  was the brainchild of myself and artist Laura Moore and opened originally in March of 2009 at the Cape Breton University Art Gallery.  In the Summer of 2009, what with Laura busy with her new shop Finders Keepers, I travelled my Redux work to Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Canning, Nova Scotia and called it Redux, Redux. So this is the last leg of the 'tour' and I hope that anyone in the Dartmouth/ Halifax area who wants to take a last gander will c'mon out for either opening night or will catch the show sometime before it's taken down on May 23rd.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank: Laura Moore--collaborator/artist/shopkeeper extrodinaire, David, Allison, and Lauren Saunders for their love and encouragement, and all my family and friends for their continuing support.  Cheers!